Saltatory de Sitter string vacua

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1499-1531

  Escoda, Cristina ^a   Gómez Reino, Marta ^a   Quevedo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D branes; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044469899     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/11/065     Document Type: Review

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